Description: Summary: To implement recent Judicial Council–sponsored legislation amending the statute that governs access to records in a juvenile case, the Appellate Advisory Committee and the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee propose amending the rules regarding confidentiality in juvenile court and appellate court proceedings. The statutory amendment provides that individuals who petitioned for, and by order of the juvenile court were granted access to, the juvenile case file are entitled to access those same records for purposes of appellate court proceedings in which they are parties. This proposal would revise a number of forms to add a new notice about access to records on review and make other clarifying changes. The committees also propose a new information sheet to assist those litigants who must file a petition to request access to records. Deadline to Submit comments: Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at 5:00 pm.

Category: Appellate

Item Number: W20-02

Deadline: February 11, 2020

File: w20-02.pdf